List of Atlanta Hawks head coaches

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The team began playing in 1946 as a member of the National Basketball League (NBL), and joined the NBA in 1949. The team has had five names since its inception; the Buffalo Bisons (1946), the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–1951), the Milwaukee Hawks (1951–1955), the St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968), and the Atlanta Hawks (1968–present).[2] The Hawks won their only NBA championship in 1958, and have not returned to the NBA Finals since 1960.[3][4] The team has played its home games at the Philips Arena since 1999.[5] The Hawks are owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Sund is their general manager.[6]

There have been 27 head coaches for the Hawks franchise since joining the NBA. The team's first head coach while in the NBA was Roger Potter, who coached for seven games. Richie Guerin, who coached the Hawks for eight seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games coached (618), regular-season games won (327), playoff games coached (60), and playoff games won (26). Alex Hannum is the only head coach to have won an NBA championship with the Hawks, doing so in the 1958 NBA Finals.[3] Five Hawks coaches have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award,[7] four have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches,[8][9][10][11] and three were listed among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History in 1996.[12] Larry Drew was the latest head coach of the Hawks; he was appointed on June 13, 2010.[13]

Contents

Key

GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
# Number of coaches[a]
* Spent entire NBA head coaching career with the Hawks
Elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2009–10 season. This list does not include NBL seasons.

# Name Term[b] GC W L Win% GC W L Win% Achievements Reference
Regular season Playoffs
&100000000000000010000001 Potter, RogerRoger Potter* 1949 7 1 6 .143 [14]
&100000000000000020000002 Auerbach, RedRed Auerbach 1949–1950 57 28 29 .491 3 1 2 .333 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [8]
&100000000000000030000003 MacMillan, DaveDave MacMillan* 1950 23 9 14 .391 [15]
&100000000000000040000004 Logan, JohnnyJohnny Logan* 1950 (as player-coach) 3 2 1 .667 [16]
&100000000000000050000005 Todorovich, MikeMike Todorovich* 1950–1951 (as player-coach) 42 14 28 .333 [17]
&100000000000000060000006 Moore, DoxieDoxie Moore 1951–1952 66 17 49 .258 [18]
&100000000000000070000007 Levane, AndrewAndrew Levane 1952–1953 (as player-coach)
1953–1954
117 38 79 .325 [19]
&100000000000000080000008 Holzman, RedRed Holzman 1954 (as player-coach)
19541957
203 83 110 .409 9 4 5 .444 One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12] [9]
&100000000000000090000009 Martin, SlaterSlater Martin 1957 (as player-coach) 8 5 3 .625 [20]
&1000000000000001000000010 Hannum, AlexAlex Hannum 1957 (as player-coach)
1957–1958
103 56 47 .544 23 16 7 .696 NBA championship (1957–58)[3] [10]
&1000000000000001100000011 Phillip, AndyAndy Phillip* 1958 10 6 4 .600 [21]
&1000000000000001200000012 Macauley, EdEd Macauley* 1958–1959 (as player-coach)
1959–1960
137 89 48 .650 20 9 11 .450 [22]
&1000000000000001300000013 Seymour, PaulPaul Seymour 19601961 93 56 37 .602 12 5 7 .417 [23]
&10000000000000014000000 Levane, AndrewAndrew Levane 1961–1962 60 20 40 .333 [19]
&1000000000000001500000014 Pettit, BobBob Pettit* 1962 (as player-coach) 6 4 2 .667 [24]
&1000000000000001600000015 Gallatin, HarryHarry Gallatin 19621964 193 111 82 .575 23 12 11 .522 1962–63 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [25]
&1000000000000001700000016 Guerin, RichieRichie Guerin* 19641970 (as player-coach)
19701972
618 327 291 .529 60 26 34 .434 1967–68 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [26]
&1000000000000001800000017 Fitzsimmons, CottonCotton Fitzsimmons 19721976 320 140 180 .438 6 2 4 .333 [27]
&1000000000000001900000018 Tormohlen, BumperBumper Tormohlen* 1976 8 1 7 .125 [28]
&1000000000000002000000019 Brown, HubieHubie Brown 19761981 407 199 208 .489 16 6 10 .375 1977–78 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [29]
&1000000000000002100000020 Fratello, MikeMike Fratello 1981 3 0 3 .000 [30]
&1000000000000002200000021 Loughery, KevinKevin Loughery 19811984 164 85 79 .518 5 1 4 .200 [31]
&10000000000000023000000 Fratello, MikeMike Fratello 19841990 574 324 250 .564 40 18 22 .450 1985–86 NBA Coach of the Year[7] [30]
&1000000000000002400000022 Weiss, BobBob Weiss 19901993 246 124 122 .504 8 2 6 .250 [32]
&1000000000000002500000023 Wilkens, LennyLenny Wilkens 19932000 542 310 232 .572 47 17 30 .362 1993–94 NBA Coach of the Year[7]
One of the top 10 coaches in NBA history (1996)[12]
[11]
&1000000000000002600000024 Kruger, LonLon Kruger* 20002002 191 69 122 .361 [33]
&1000000000000002700000025 Stotts, TerryTerry Stotts 20022004 137 52 85 .380 [34]
&1000000000000002800000026 Woodson, MikeMike Woodson* 20042010 492 206 286 .419 29 11 18 .379 [35]
&1000000000000002900000027 Drew, LarryLarry Drew* 2010–present

Notes

References

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